Topic: United Kingdom

People living in the United Kingdom, British leaders and the international community feel sorry for Theresa May who on Friday said she would step down as British Prime Minister early June after failin...

KUALA LUMPUR: Following resistance by several developed countries at the World Health Assembly (WHA) to a drug price transparency resolution, of which Malaysia is a co-sponsor, 66 organisations from Africa have sent an open letter to the United Kingdom government demanding that it stop opposing the resolution.

PETALING JAYA: It is an uphill task for underage victims of sexual abuse to seek justice despite the enactment of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 due to the demanding nature of the legal process, say children’s rights advocates.

PETALING JAYA: Genting Bhd’s net profit fell 6.8% to RM561.65mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2019 (1Q19) from RM602.7mil a year ago due to termination-related costs of RM198.3mil by its subsidiary Genting Malaysia Bhd, as well as a loss on discontinued cash flow hedge.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): Malaysia-based premium quick service food and beverage specialist Loob Holding Sdn Bhd has made its debut in the United Kingdom via its flagship Tealive which opened its first o...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Malaysia-based premium quick service food and beverage specialist, Loob Holding Sdn Bhd has made its debut in the United Kingdom via its flagship Tealive which opened its firs...

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, May 21 — German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer said today that US seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto, which it bought last year, kept lists of key pro- or anti-pestici...

MELAKA (Bernama): Ainul Mardhiah, the nine-month-old baby suffering from a germ cell tumour of the mouth, is expected to fly to London, United Kingdom, to undergo further examinations and an operation at a hospital there by Friday (May 24) the latest.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The government is mulling the idea of adopting and implementing a new automatic polling system in Malaysia, one that will emulate the voting frameworks currently being used in...

EXCLUSIVE:KUALA LUMPUR: First it was the United Kingdom, then the United States. Now Malaysia is turning Down Under for help in boosting the standard of English – this time right at the grassroots level.

PUTRAJAYA, May 16 — Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Yeo Bee Yin today said that the ministry would need two years before a Climate Change Act is tabled in Par...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador today said that police would work with religious authorities to stop a group which has been distributing leaflets seen...

PETALING JAYA: Underscored by Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s (TNB) aspiration to be the Asean leader in renewables, the group is actively diversifying into energy sources that are able to meet the needs of the future in a sustainable, reliable and affordable manner.

MELAKA (Bernama): The Melaka Government will bear the transportation costs to the United Kingdom for the family of eight-month-old Ainul Mardhiah Ahmad Safiuddin, who is suffering from a "Germ Cell Tumour" in the mouth, a rare type of cancer.

AS a foreign medical graduate who worked overseas for seven years and now in Malaysia for the past 27, I was surprised and bemused by the furore over the introduction of contracts for house officers (...

COPENHAGEN: Pandora will lay off another 1,200 workers in Thailand and speed up marketing spending as its new CEO looks to turn around the struggling jewellery maker after another fall in like-for-like quarterly sales.

TRAVELOKA, an Indonesia-based technology company that provides online travel and lifestyle products for domestic and international destinations, officially announced its newest flight feature innovati...

KUALA LUMPUR (May 6): Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd said today that its Cook Water Injection Well in the Cook field, one of four producing fields in the Anasuria Cluster located offshore the United Kingdom's...

PETALING JAYA: Former attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali has filed a judicial review against the government for its refusal to allow him to apply for a passport and preventing him from leaving the co...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — Controversial Muslim televangelist Dr Zakir Naik has been charged by Indian authorities with money laundering, even as he has sought refuge and made public appearances in Malay...

With over three decades of providing certification, inspection and testing services under Sirim Berhad, Sirim QAS International was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Sirim Group in March 1997.

JOHANNESBURG, April 29 — A Swiss anti-corruption lobby group has filed a criminal complaint against Credit Suisse over alleged fraud in the arrangement of US$2 billion (RM8.27 billion) of loans to M...

PETALING JAYA: The Belt and Road CEO conference provides massive business opportunities for companies across the region, says National Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia president Tan Sri Ter Leong Yap.

PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Housing and Local Government has praised the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change's move to stop the import of illegal waste into the country.

KLANG (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Plastic waste is being smuggled into Malaysia using shipping containers by being falsely declared as another type of import that do not require a permit, says the ...

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak says that video footage of his trial that was uploaded on Facebook is an "official recording" from the court and claims that it does not fall under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).

KOTA KINABALU: Former Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin says it is a waste of time for the Sabah government to push for the constitutional amendment to Article 1(2) that aims to restore Sabah and Sarawak's status as equal partners in the Federation of Malaysia.

LETTER | As a Malaysian doctor who has done more than his fair share of contributing to the people of Sabah and Sarawak, I am disappointed with the politicians of East Malaysian states trying to amend...

OVER 100 Indian youths turned up to register for the territorial army selection process in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia Nanban reported.The registration was organised with the help of Kuala Muda Indian Munnetra Kazhagam and Malaysia Kalvi Munnetra Kazhagam’s Kedah branch at the Sri Subramaniya Swami Devasthanam.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (April 17): One of the architects who helped restore Windsor Castle after a devastating fire said a shortage of craftsmen could hold up the reconstruction of Notre-Dame. "The su...

NEW YORK: Foreigners purchased the most US Treasury securities in six months in February, suggesting some overseas appetite for low-risk government debt due to worries about a slowing US economy, the US Treasury Department released on Monday showed.

NEW YORK, April 12 — The chief executive and a managing partner of the collapsed Dubai private equity firm Abraaj Capital Ltd were arrested on US charges that they defrauded their investors, includi...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 — Malaysia has taken the top spot in the MasterCard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) for the ninth year in a row, but for the first time, it is sharing that pos...

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) can provide a helping hand in the efforts to reform and set a new benchmark for the Malaysian Parliament, said Dewan Rakyat Spe...

KUCHING, April 3 — The Visit Sarawak Campaign (VSC), which was launched at the end of last year, has started to produce results as shown by the tourist arrivals registered in January this year, the ...